About Me

Sweet Stella Designs is the brainchild of artist and educator Amy Neiwirth. Amy began crafting a few years ago while “between jobs.” Putting her fine arts skills to use, Amy began making gifts for friends and family members and selling the occasional polymer clay creation on Ebay. This temporary burst of craftiness whet her appetite for more! Amy spent lots of time working on her craft skills (i.e. making things that didn’t break or fall apart), gathering new ideas, and getting her mom to model jewelry at the office to lure in new customers (it worked!). In November 2006, Amy started Sweet Stella Designs and made the leap from “just a hobby” to “hobby with benefits”.

Amy enjoys working with materials such as beads, wire, polymer clay, glass, buttons, decoupage and collage, resin, charms, chain, vintage components, cabochons, and felt. She is attracted to the quirky, funky, colorful, and shiny. Amy’s inspirations include pastries, vintage jewelry, wood grain, telephone poles, birds, toile, graphic design, Lucite, damask, Pop Art, gemstones, citrus fruit, candy, and handwriting.

Amy is constantly working on new ideas and has recently expanded her jewelry collection to include several distinct lines. She sells her work in several boutiques and shops, at craft shows, and online at sweetstella.etsy.com. Amy currently lives in Columbus, Ohio and teaches visual art to grades K-12 at a small private school.

In her spare time, Amy enjoys visiting museums, galleries, and art shows; listening to music; people-watching; shoe shopping; collecting things; and lying in sunny patches with her muse, a sweet little cat named Stella.